Hogan says no to Red Line, yes to Purple

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I bet it never happens anyway. Hopefully.

I live in Bethesda. Only the developers want the Purple Line.

On the contrary. Who DOESN'T want the Purple Line?

1. Organizations and people who oppose transit.
2. The government of the Town of Chevy Chase.
3. The Columbia Country Club.
4. People who live along the route and don't want change.

[Anonymous]

3. The Columbia Country Club.

I think even the country club is on board now. They made a deal a while ago that finally placated them.

[Anonymous]

I think it's a great idea to connect the two counties.

As an aside, it's ridiculous that living in Takoma Park near the metro (being so close to Frienship Heights) I would have to go all the way downtown for a trip that's redily assessable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:


Whenever I hear anybody from Bethesda say, "I don't see any advantages to the Purple Line," what I really hear them saying is, "I rarely go to Silver Spring, and when I do, I drive."

Not me. I have frequently taken the bus from Bethesda to Silver Spring and back. They were rarely full and lots of people got off at places in between, where the Purple Line won't help. I'd much rather have dedicated bus lanes and an underpass or overpass at Connecticut Avenue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I live in Bethesda. Only the developers want the Purple Line.

Especially the Chevy Chase Land Company, which wants to overdevelop the land around the intersection of Jones Bridge Road and Connecticut Avenue. Traffic will be worse, not better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in Chevy Chase and I'm pro-PL. Development will come, with or without transit (CC Lake is going to be totally redeveloped either way), so we damn well better get some transit to cope with the influx. I dream of a future when it doesn't take me as much as an hour to go a mile or two to downtown Bethesda (or to my kids' school in SS) anytime after 3pm.

Your kids will be out of college before the Purple Line is actually running, so that problem is solved. On the other hand, it's likely that your time to Bethesda will be worse because of the poor planning of the Chevy Chase Land Company.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


Whenever I hear anybody from Bethesda say, "I don't see any advantages to the Purple Line," what I really hear them saying is, "I rarely go to Silver Spring, and when I do, I drive."

Not me. I have frequently taken the bus from Bethesda to Silver Spring and back. They were rarely full and lots of people got off at places in between, where the Purple Line won't help. I'd much rather have dedicated bus lanes and an underpass or overpass at Connecticut Avenue.

You are choosing an option that does not exist -- unless you think that converting existing lanes on Jones Bridge Road to bus lanes is politically feasible?

Also, I don't understand why you say the Purple Line won't help between Bethesda and Silver Spring. There will be three Purple Line stops between the Bethesda Metro and the Silver Spring Metro: Connecticut Avenue, Lyttonsville, Woodside/16h Street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


Whenever I hear anybody from Bethesda say, "I don't see any advantages to the Purple Line," what I really hear them saying is, "I rarely go to Silver Spring, and when I do, I drive."

Not me. I have frequently taken the bus from Bethesda to Silver Spring and back. They were rarely full and lots of people got off at places in between, where the Purple Line won't help. I'd much rather have dedicated bus lanes and an underpass or overpass at Connecticut Avenue.

On what days, at what times, do you take these buses? The heaviest ridership on Metrobus in Montgomery County is on the C2-C4 (Greenbelt to Twinbrook) and J1-J2-J3 (Montgomery Mall to Silver Spring) buses.

http://www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/agenda/2014/documents/MobilityAssessmentReport2014-DRAFT4-9-2014_000.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


Whenever I hear anybody from Bethesda say, "I don't see any advantages to the Purple Line," what I really hear them saying is, "I rarely go to Silver Spring, and when I do, I drive."

Not me. I have frequently taken the bus from Bethesda to Silver Spring and back. They were rarely full and lots of people got off at places in between, where the Purple Line won't help. I'd much rather have dedicated bus lanes and an underpass or overpass at Connecticut Avenue.

You are choosing an option that does not exist -- unless you think that converting existing lanes on Jones Bridge Road to bus lanes is politically feasible?

Also, I don't understand why you say the Purple Line won't help between Bethesda and Silver Spring. There will be three Purple Line stops between the Bethesda Metro and the Silver Spring Metro: Connecticut Avenue, Lyttonsville, Woodside/16h Street.

Bus lane PP must be new here. Bus lanes along Jones Bridge was Ehrlich's proposed "solution" that wouldn't solve anything. Not happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What we really need is some sort of fast transit over the Potomac. Extend 28 or the ICC over to the Dulles airport area. I am a poor sap that lives in MD and commutes to Herndon. It sucks and changing houses or jobs is not that easy.

What we really need is maglev. I would prefer a modern transportation system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What we really need is some sort of fast transit over the Potomac. Extend 28 or the ICC over to the Dulles airport area. I am a poor sap that lives in MD and commutes to Herndon. It sucks and changing houses or jobs is not that easy.

What we really need is maglev. I would prefer a modern transportation system.

Modern? You want a futuristic transportation system. There is ONE maglev system in commercial operation in the whole world. And nobody under any circumstances would be taking maglev from Bethesda to Herndon.